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Break Through Tech Sprintern Elaine Jin explores alternate tech pathways.
11/08/2022
Sophomore Elaine Jin is leveraging opportunities circulated by Break Through Tech Mason’s listserv to consider different paths forward in tech.
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Mason group relishes conference for women in tech
10/06/2022
Break Through Tech George Mason sent a group to the Grace Hopper conference from September 20 to September 23. Students learned, networked, and even secured interviews for internships and jobs.
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Undergrads Take Community-building Solutions to the Next Level
09/07/2022
92 University of Maryland students explored user experience design in Break Through Tech’s Summer Guild.
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Seizing the summer: Students complete Summer Guild across the country
09/02/2022
For incoming first-year undergraduates, summer is an important time — busy with course selection, packing in hours at summer jobs, studying a campus map — to prepare for the four years ahead. At Break Through Tech, we think it’s never too early to start thinking about how the classes they choose set a student up for their future career.
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Digital Skills ‘Break Through’ Across Disciplines
08/25/2022
92 University of Maryland students in 24 majors participate in Break Through Tech's Summer Guild.
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Instinct can lead to great things
05/27/2022
Brenda Henriquez, a brand-new computer science graduate as of May, says she always had George Mason University on her radar. Coming into a STEM area felt like a natural fit for her and she was excited to join the Break Through Tech DC at George Mason initiative as a peer leader.
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Mason Break Through Tech Sprinterns™ interned at top companies
02/14/2022
A select number of George Mason University students used their winter breaks to gain valuable professional experience through the Break Through Tech Sprinternship™ program.
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Students Create Virtual Tour to Showcase Decades of U Street Culture
02/11/2022
During their Sprinternship with local extended reality marketing company Capitol Interactive, UMD students used a 360-degree camera to create an interactive tour of historic U Street, providing VR views to immerse users in locations that played a key role in Black Washington.
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Seven iSchool Undergraduates Join UMD’s First Sprinternship™
02/07/2022
The students worked to create solutions to cybersecurity, IT, and other tech challenges while exploring career opportunities in information science.
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UMD Students Kickstart Their Tech Careers with Micro-internships
02/03/2022
Break Through Tech DC at UMD facilitates its first Sprinternship™ program with 15 companies and 58 undergraduates.